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jQuery UI Datepicker and datejs

I want to have a datepicker where you can also just type basically I want to have the jQuery UI Datepicker and datejs in one. I want to type "tomorrow" and I want it to select the right day. I want to be able to type "saturday" and it actually getting the date right. ...

jquery equivalent for list.detect in prototype

What would be the jquery equivalent for list.detect in prototype? ...

Problem when retrieving text in JSON format containing line breaks with jQuery

I'm having a strange problem when retrieving JSON formatted text. I use jQuery post to send some data (also JSON formatted) to the server (running PHP) which works fine. Then, when I request the same data from the server using jQuery get, the callback method never executes. This only occurs when the data is JSON formatted and the data co...

How do I add a DOM element with jQuery?

I have a funciton that I am currently using to show a hidden div.a_type How can I modify this code so that instead of fading in the hidden div, I can add the new div to the DOM jQuery(function(){ // Add Answer jQuery(".add_answer").click(function(){ if(count >= "4"){ alert('Only 4 Answers Allowed'); }else{...

Ajax jQuery , beginner question

I'm trying to make an ajax call to grab session data to insert into my page after it's loaded like this jQuery(function(){ // Add Answer jQuery(".add_answer").livequery('click',function(){ var count = $(this).attr("alt"); count++; var count1 = count-1; $.get('quiz/select', function(p_type){ // Ajax Call for Select D...

jQuery UI dialog doesn't show in IE7

I've finally got the datepicker to work on my MVC demo site and also the dialog. I still have a few issues: the dialog doesn't show in IE7 so when I click a link where a confirm dialog is supposed to appear it just removes the row without showing the dialog. It works great in Firefox3 and Safari. Please try for yourself on my Demo sit...

Lazy binding functions to multiple events with jQuery

Here's the scenario: I have a set of buttons that I want to bind to corresponding functions when clicked. The ids of these buttons are the same as the names of their corresponding functions. I could do this: $("#kick").click(kick); $("#push").click(push); $("#shove").click(shove); But I'm lazy and would like to do this more lazily (as...

jCarousel with unknown content width

Hi, I am trying to use jCarousel plugin for jQuery in order to provide my website users with scrollable (horizontal) content. The content I am mentioning is basically user defined <li> elements, styled so that they have a feel and look of a tab. so basically I am trying to achieve the same effect of the tabs in pageflakes.com. As you ma...

Handling a toggled onclick with JQuery

I have a piece of text, that I wish to show truncated, but when clicked it will expand to show the rest. Clicking again should truncate it. I was trying to use the onclick event to handle this as follows (WARNING: Do not run following code without reading below...): <span id='blah' onclick='showAllComment("this is a long comment to see...

SimpleModel Resizing the Container

Dear All, I have Used SImple Model, Now Problem Is The Resizing of Modal, I have Confirm Dialog One is Basically Small size after pressing Yes , The Second One is my.php contains large Data,I am Using the concept of Appending Already existing model ,Will any body tell how to Resize the Content and My JS Snippet Has ...

Override the getFocus of an external page that loads in iframe

I have multiple pages laoding in an iframe and one of them seems to be getting focus, since the page scrolls (by itself) to that spcific iframe. Is there a way to override this? ...

jQuery: invoke <a /> sub element of table cell.

Hi, Is it possible to add a jQuery function so that a click in a table cell will invoke a hidden <a href="javascript: ..." /> element (that is a descendant of the TD) ? I've tried with $('#table td').click(function() { $(this).find('a').click(); }); An other variants, but to no luck. --larsw ...

Loading HTML controls from JSON in JQuery (i.e., reverse of ajax serialiseArray)

I would like to take a set of controls (INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA) which are contained within a DIV and send their values as JSON via AJAX to a server. This is easy enough with JQuery's serializeArray. However I then want the server to respond with the same structure of JSON that was sent and re-load the control values using the provided...

What's the difference between using jQuery's onclick and the onclick attribute?

What's the difference between the following two pieces of HTML (apologies if there are any typos as I'm typing this freehand)? Using jQuery: <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("#clickme").click(function() { alert("clicked!"); }); }); </script> <a id="clickme" href="java...

possibility of jQuery document ready() function taking a very long time to execute

My issue is that sometimes a piece of JavaScript (often Google Analytics) may take a very long time to load, although it's not important to the HTML be ready to be "traversed and manipulated". If I were to use the following code: $(document).ready(function () { $("p").text("The DOM is now loaded and can be manipulated."); }); woul...

Long-lived connections (asynchronous server push) with Apache/PHP/Javascript?

I come from more of a Java background. In the last year or two, it's become somewhat popular to do server push over HTTP using long-lived HTTP connections in Comet. It's an extremely useful technique. So I'm curious what the equivalent is with Apache + PHP + Javascript? One option I see is just using straight AJAX calls (eg with jQue...

Open the Save Image dialog using jQuery/Javascript?

When a user clicks on an image on a web page, I'd like to trigger the browser's Save Image dialog and to let the user save the image on their hard drive. Is there a cross-browser way to do this with jQuery/Javascript? ...

AJAX Page Download progress

I want to get the progress of my AJAX request - how much has been downloaded so far out of how much the file is. For example, I am downloading a large picture with AJAX so I can put the content in a DATA url (this may not be the best way to do that, it's just a example.) So, I make the AJAX request to some host I have no control over (...

Simple Modal Not Working In Firefox 3 & IE 7

I am using the simple modal and AJAX, when I try to read the content from AJAX it works fine in Chrome. There is problem in IE7 and Firefox 3. What am I doing wrong? My code: print("code sample"); $(document).ready(function () { $('#confirma, #confirmDialog a.confirm').click(function (e) { e.preventDefault(); // exam...

Custom events in jquery?

I'm looking for some input on how to implement custom eventhandling in jquery the best way. I know how to hook up events from the dom elements like 'click' etc, but I'm building a tiny javascript library/plugin to handle some preview functionality. I've got a script running to update some text in a dom element from a set of rules and da...